Extract from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives

No 78 dated Thursday 8 December 2005

14PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—FIT-OUT OF NEW LEASED PREMISES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE AT THE SITE KNOWN AS SECTION 84, PRECINCTS B & C, CANBERRA

Dr Stone (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration), pursuant to notice, moved—That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for consideration and report: Fit-out of new leased premises for the Australian Taxation Office at the site known as Section 84, Precincts B & C, Canberra.

Question—put and passed.

List of recommendations

3. Issues and Conclusions

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the works related to the fit-out of new leased premises of the Australian Taxation Office proceed at the estimated cost of $76.879 million, noting that any money saved due to lease incentives will be returned to Consolidated Revenue.